Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

EM6E Major 6th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F

How to play it

EM6 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Major 6th guitar chord — 9th position (x 9 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar chord — 9th position (x 9 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 12 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

EM6 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Major 6th guitar tab — 9th position (x 9 9 9 11) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar tab — 9th position (x 9 9 11 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 12 x 11) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 12 11 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 12 11 11) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 6th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 12 11 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How EM6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

jazzpopcountry

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2

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